Daiya Foods: Mushroom & Roasted Garlic Pizza

So in my “My Alternatives” page, where I outline the different food alternatives I use, I mentioned that I had found another company that was attempting to make dairy free pizzas and I was interested in trying them out. My first attempt to get one of the pizza’s ended in utter failure. The grocer that I suspected would probably have them in stock did not have them in stock and my fallback grocer didn’t either. So, for a while, I kind of forgot about it. I went back to my whole food grocer the other day and they had 2 of the pizzas. They didn’t have the one that I really wanted to try and would have been comparable to the Amy’s Fire Roasted Veggie pizza I am used to eating, but I did pick up the Daiya Mushroom and Roasted Garlic Pizza and it is glorious!

First off, I’d like to point out that all the Daiya pizza’s are gluten-free and soy free as well as being dairy free. I can’t even begin to describe how excited I am to find a delicious tasting dairy alternative that is not based on soy. I have nothing against soy but the majority of dairy alternatives are soy based and too much soy in the diet is not good, hormone levels and all. It is also vegan, and free eggs, peanuts and tree nuts.

The crust and pizza sauce are organic and they are topped with Daiya shreds. The crust is sort of thin and my oven burnt the outside edges based on the cooking instructions, so keep an eye out on the pizza if you don’t like burnt crust.

The texture on of the pizza is great. I did end up having to pick some of the mushrooms off (I’m not a huge fan of the texture of mushrooms). I was able to eat most of the pizza without taking the mushrooms off since they are cut up into smaller pieces and it’s not completely covered in mushrooms. The mushrooms if you’re wondering are a combination of shiitake and crimini. And the roasted garlic blends nicely with the cheese, mushrooms and sauce.

Here’s a comparison of the nutritional values

Amy’s Fire Roasted Vegetable Pizza

Daiya’s Mushroom and Roasted Garlic Pizza

Serving Size

1/3 Pizza (113 g)

Calories

280

Fat

9g

Cholesterol

0mg

Sodium

540mg

Carbs

42g

Fiber

3g

Sugars

5g

Protein

7g

Vitamin A

2%

Vitamin C

15%

Calcium

2%

Iron

4%

Serving Size

1/3 Pizza (113 g)

Calories

250

Fat

12g

Cholesterol

0mg

Sodium

340mg

Carbs

33g

Fiber

2g

Sugars

4g

Protein

3g

Vitamin A

0%

Vitamin C

10%

Calcium

6%

Iron

2%

Daiya’s pizza is a bit more expensive than the Amy’s pizza I buy and it is not as convenient to get as the Amy’s; but I did enjoy this pizza and will probably buy more. I’m hoping my whole foods grocer will start carrying the Fire Roasted Veggie version as well so I can get an actual comparison between Amy’s and Daiya’s pizzas.